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<div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/193">Rebecca Purdy</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/2778">Picture Books</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/childrensbookcolumns">Children&#039;s Book Columns</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/1258">Seasons</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/3326">Spring-fiction</a></li></ul></div><div class="terms clearfix"><ul class="taxonomy-list"><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/28">LibraryPoint Blog</a></li><li><a href="/taxonomy/term/971">Kids Blog</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-field-blog-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="http://www.librarypoint.org/sites/librarypoint.org/files/imagecache/Blog%20picture_0.jpg" alt="Sharing the Seasons: A Book of Poems" title="Sharing the Seasons: A Book of Poems" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I have hope for spring!&nbsp;Every year, I reach a point where I can&rsquo;t bear another minute of cold, ice or snow, let alone the barren, brown landscape.&nbsp;Then February and my first harbinger of spring arrives, the Maymont Flower &amp; Garden Show.&nbsp;Despite it all, I am filled with hope.&nbsp;If the weather is wearing you down, a book full of spring may be just what you need to keep trudging along!&nbsp;</p>
<div><b>Sharing the Seasons,</b> selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, celebrates each season with poems and David Diaz&rsquo;s vibrant illustrations.&nbsp;My favorite spring poem is by Fran Haraway and describes someone who ignores the chilly, north wind, the leafless trees and the lack of crocuses and though it&rsquo;s much too cold, sits outside.&nbsp;Focusing instead on the almond tree buds and insisting, despite all other evidence that spring is here.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
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<div><img vspace="5" hspace="5" border="1" align="left" src="http://www.syndetics.com/index.aspx?type=xw12&amp;isbn=9780061552069/SC.GIF&amp;client=rappahlb&amp;upc=&amp;oclc=" alt="Old Bear" />Like <b>Old Bear</b> in the book by Kevin Henkes, I even dream of spring.&nbsp;Throughout his hibernation, Old Bear dreams of being a cub again with &ldquo;flowers as big as trees&rdquo; and a crocus he can take a nap in.&nbsp;His dreams progress through the seasons, the palette changing from the pinks and purples of spring to the yellows and oranges of autumn until he finally awakens.&nbsp;At long last he pokes his head out and &ldquo;it took him a minute to realize that he wasn&rsquo;t dreaming,&rdquo; spring was indeed here!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
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